District Of Columbia § 4-410.02(Perm) - Payments to child development facilities.
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§ 4-410.02(Perm). Payments to child development facilities.
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By October 1, 2024, and on a triennial basis thereafter, the Department shall establish child care subsidy payment rates for child development facilities providing care for infants, toddlers, and children ages birth to 5.
Subject to available appropriations, the child care subsidy rates shall be sufficient to provide a child development facility with funding to operate based on the cost modeling analysis conducted pursuant to .
From October 1, 2024, through December 1, 2024, child development facilities that enter into a contract or agreement with the Department to receive monies from the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund shall use such monies to pay, at minimum, the salaries for assistant and lead teachers listed in Tables 1 and 2:
Beginning February 1, 2023, and annually by February 1 thereafter, the Department shall recommend updates to Tables 1 and 2 to reflect minimum assistant teacher and lead teacher salaries for the following fiscal year.
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The Department shall aim to maintain the ongoing solvency of the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund.
The Mayor shall include the updated tables in the Mayor's annual budget submission to the Council.
In the event that funds available in the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund are insufficient to cover the costs to implement the ECE salary scale, the Department may do any combination of the following:
Reduce CDF payroll formula payments to child development facilities to align with the availability of funds and issue guidance to facilities for adjusting implementation of the ECE salary scale for the fiscal year; or
Reduce the number of child development facilities receiving CDF payroll formula payments, in which case the Department shall prioritize funding to child development facilities receiving subsidy payments pursuant to .
The Department shall notify the Council of reductions authorized in paragraph (1) of this subsection at least 10 business days before the Department notifies child development facilities of such reductions.
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